In the acting field, it is commonly emphasized that if you are playing a negative character and the audience and viewers start hating you in real life as well, then your performance was truly remarkable and appreciable as it had a huge impact on viewers. Giving that level of performance is not an easy task but here’s the list of Bollywood celebrities who left everyone astounded with their performance in a negative role.
From Emraan Hashmi to Priyanka Chopra: Negative Roles That Gave These Stars Overnight Fame
Shah Rukh Khan in Baazigar
Shah Rukh Khan portrayed a negative character in the 1993 film Baazigar which helped him in gaining much-deserved fame and recognition and there was no looking back for the actor since then.
Priyanka Chopra in Aitraaz
Priyanka Chopra had done only 2-3 films before this one and she stole the whole show with her remarkable performance. It felt like she is having experience in acting and nailed the character assigned to her.
John Abraham in Dhoom
Dhoom turned out to be one of the most successful films of all time. John Abraham’s long hair look became so famous that even legendary cricketer MS Dhoni had the same hairstyle as he is a fan of John. The actor justified the role assigned to him and gained fame and recognition for the same.
Vidyut Jamwal in Force
Vidyut Jamwal became a household name when he was first seen in the movie named FORCE which was released in 2011. Everyone was talking about the young actor and he got many projects after that.
Emraan Hashmi in Murder
Be it ‘Gangster’ or ‘Murder’, with his astonishing acting skills, Emraan Hashmi made the audience hate him in real life as well for the roles he played on the silver screens. Murder made Emraan Hashmi famous overnight and he was also given the title of serial kisser after that.
Arjun Rampal in Om Shanti Om
Arjun was the perfect choice for the role and after that film, even if he was assigned some positive main hero, fans waited for the plot twist because they were not ready to accept that Arjun Rampal is the hero, not the villain.
Apart from these Jim Sarbh in Neerja, Chinmay Mandlekar in the Kashmir files, and some other actors have left an impact on the audience with their marvelous acting.